Chapter 69 Reading and Writing
Zhang Juexia took Liu Mingda back home and helped him settle down.
When Liu Mingda came to their courtyard, he immediately liked it. "This place is good, this place is really good."
He first examined Ye Beixiu and changed his medicine. "You're recovering well."
Ye Beixiu asked him when he could walk again, and Liu Mingda told him that it would take some time.
Liu Mingda picked up the wooden stick next to Ye Beixiu and said with great interest, "This thing is good."
Ye Beixiu boasted to Liu Mingda, "This was made for me by my wife."
"Your wife is really good."
Ye Beixiu's eyes sparkled with excitement, and the corners of his mouth lifted up into a wide smile, "She is really good."
Liu Mingda glanced at him and thought to himself, he is really not modest. You are so excited when someone says your wife is great.
He looked at Ye Beixiu's useless appearance and snorted in disgust.
"Doctor Liu, are you not used to living in my house?"
"Your family is nice."
"Then drink some water. If you need anything, just let me know."
"Um."
For the rest of the time, the two grown men stared at each other.
The room was silent. If it weren't for the fragrance wafting into the room, the two of them would have been left with only awkwardness.
Liu Mingda had long since forgotten about being polite. He trotted into the kitchen and said, "What a delicious meal this is! It's making me ravenous."
Zhang Juexia pointed, "Salt and pepper spareribs, braised pork, pickled cabbage, and a plate of shredded radish."
Liu Mingda picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it in his mouth. "It tastes delicious. It tastes really good."
"It's delicious, please eat more."
Zhang Juexia helped Ye Beixiu to the kitchen. Liu Mingda had already eaten most of the plate of salt and pepper spare ribs. "Miss Ye, these spare ribs are amazing. My decision to live in your house was absolutely right."
"Are you here to collect herbs?"
Liu Mingda's mouth was full of meat, and he didn't bother to answer, so he just shook his head.
"Do you have any plans for the next few days?"
Liu Mingda had already swallowed the meat in his mouth and looked at Zhang Juexia in confusion, "Why are you asking this?"
"I see you love to eat so much, so I thought I'd prepare some more delicious food for you."
"Is it really because of this?"
"That's not true."
"That depends on whether there are many delicious foods. If there are many, I might stay at your house longer."
"So, you don't go out on weekdays, right?"
"That depends on my mood."
Ye Beixiu winked at Zhang Juexia, telling her not to ask so many questions.
Zhang Juexia signaled to him that he was fine.
"If you don't go out, could you teach me and my husband to read?"
"Although teaching people to read is much easier than teaching them medicine, how about this, let me think about it?"
"I can make delicious food for you every day."
Liu Mingda pointed at the salt and pepper spareribs and said, "I want to eat this dish again tomorrow."
"OK."
Zhang Juexia took out the book he had bought, and Liu Mingda took a look at it. "This military book is quite interesting. I'll tell you about it when I have time."
"How about you tell me today?"
When Ye Beixiu heard Liu Mingda talking about a book on military strategy, he quickly sat up straight on the kang, took the book from Liu Mingda, and flipped through it to read a few pages.
Liu Mingda asked him, "Do you understand?"
Ye Beixiu shook his head.
"It's strange that you can understand it. If you can understand this book, you can become a general."
Ye Beixiu became even more excited, "Please explain a little bit."
Liu Mingda was reluctant and muttered, he put the military book aside, "If you want to understand the military book, let's start with the simple ones, this Three Character Classic is a good one.
Man is born good. Natures are similar, but habits make them different.
Do you understand? "
When Ye Beixiu was studying in a private school, the teacher had taught him this, but Zhang Juexia deliberately winked at him. Ye Beixiu pretended to be confused and said, "I don't understand."
"So stupid."
Liu Mingda walked out without looking back.
Zhang Juexia prepared delicious food for Liu Mingda in different ways every day, and even pork offal was enjoyed by Liu Mingda.
While he was enjoying his meal, Zhang Juexia deliberately asked, "Doctor Liu, if you just hide in the mountains like this, aren't you afraid that the patients outside the mountains will have no one to treat them?"
Liu Mingda looked at Zhang Juexia warily, "Do you know something?"
"I guessed."
"Tell me about it."
"Your coming to our house to change the medicine for my husband was just a pretext. At first I thought you were going up the mountain to collect herbs, but you told me clearly that you were not going to collect herbs.
On weekdays you just wander around in the mountains and don't go to the village, which shows that you are very careful about your whereabouts.
So I guess that you might be hiding from someone, or you might have offended someone outside and are afraid that someone will come to take revenge on you.
However, since you are a doctor, the second possibility is less likely.
So I guess the first possibility is more likely, you are probably hiding from someone."
Liu Mingda gave Zhang Juexia a thumbs up, "Not bad, really good, good at observation and thoughtful.
I am indeed hiding from someone, a particularly annoying person.
Not only is he stupid, but he also wants to take me as his master. No way.
I can't afford to offend you, nor can I avoid you."
Zhang Juexia took the opportunity to say with a smile, "Doctor Liu, do you think my husband and I are stupid?"
"Much better than that idiot."
"How about you take me and my husband as your disciples? Just teach us how to read and write, no medical skills required, okay?"
Without waiting for Liu Mingda to express his wish, Zhang Juexia kicked Ye Beixiu from under the table, signaling him to stand up and become his disciple.
Ye Beixiu reacted and knelt in front of Liu Mingda, "Master, please accept my disciple's greetings."
"As long as you accept me and my husband, you can stay in my house as long as you want."
Liu Mingda thought for a moment, "Although I was born a juren, I chose to be a doctor because of my family's inheritance.
Knowledge is definitely not my strong point.”
Zhang Juexia hurriedly explained, "We are just country folk, we just want to learn a few more words.
It was by chance that we ended up living under the same roof.
My husband and I don't ask for much. We just want to learn a few words so that we won't be bullied when we go out.
You are a juren, so you are more than qualified to teach the two of us."
"You really have no interest in medicine."
Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu nodded.
Liu Mingda helped Ye Beixiu up and said, "There's no need to become your disciple. Just consider it as a good deed from me. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you how to read and write."
Zhang Juexia jumped up excitedly, "Thank you, Master Liu."
Liu Mingda hurriedly stopped her, "We are just teaching you how to read and write, so you can't call me that. Doctor Liu is fine."
Let’s agree first, there’s no need to become a disciple.
I will only stay at your house until the New Year. I will leave when that idiot leaves Shunhe County."
"No, didn't I just say that you can stay in our house as long as you want?"
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